Lake County Astronomical Society

The Connection between the Periodic Table and Astronomy

Friday, May 19, 2023

Event

The May meeting of the Lake County Astronomical Society will be Friday, May 19th at the Volo Bog Visitor's Center. Our guest speaker will be Larry Bartoszek who was a researcher at FermiLab, designer of the Space Elevator and now president of Bartoszek Engineering. His presentation will be 'The Connection between the Periodic Table and Astronomy'. Please note the start time will be 7 PM.

Date: Friday, May 19, 2023

Time: 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Central

Location: Volo Bog
28478 W. Brandenburg Road
Ingleside, IL 60041

Information for Visitors

Location Details

Volo Bog
Volo Bog was dedicated as an Illinois Nature Preserve in 1970. Three years later, it was registered as a National Natural Landmark with the United States Department of the Interior. More than 1,100 additional acres of land have been purchased to protect and enlarge the state preserve, which now includes marshes, prairie restoration areas, woodlands and two other bogs.
28478 W. Brandenburg Road
Ingleside, IL 60041
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Notes:
LCAS holds meetings at the Volo Bog Visitor Center 10 times per year. The public is welcome to these meetings. For more information about meetings (including dates, times, and topics) see the LCAS webpage or Facebook page.

Event Report

Comments and anecdotes about the event:
The Speaker, Larry Bartoszek, gave a fascinating presentation on the connection between the periodic table and Astronomy. He captivated the audience as he took us in a journey through the Universe starting with the Big Bang, to the current state of the present Universe. Among other things he described the Fundamental Forces, Table of Fundamental Particles, The Standard Model, spectroscopy and element origins. He also described how the Sloan Digital Sky survey how the Sloan Digital Sky Survey helped create a map of the Dark matter Universe ( the telescope he actually help build at FermiLab). There were many questions asked and everyone learned a great deal.

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